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Another #HighlandPark photo not getting so much attention is this one. In contrast to pix of littered sidewalks, this image of kids in the parade at the moment the shots rang out captures the trauma that lasts a lifetime. (📷 #GinaTroianiSolorio @reuterspictures)

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A few news orgs ran the image but @AP dropped it from their main slideshow. There was the young woman w spattered clothes & stitched up face but she tweeted the photos herself. So, amidst so many pix of tossed chairs & strollers, #HighlandPark becomes one more bloodless massacre.

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Keep thinking about the emotional tone in this photo as Biden signed the compromise “gun safety” bill two weeks ago. It’s a bitter pill, the working around the edges, as this 4th is remembered for the hail of bullets.

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#4thOfJuly in a nutshell: Abandoned as they ran from gunfire. (Photo by @hollybdc #HighlandPark)

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When police are as helpless as anyone to prevent mass shootings. #HighlandPark (@briancassella @ChiTribPhoto Tribune @AP_Images)

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Police are still searching for the suspected gunman involved in a deadly shooting at a July Fourth parade in a Chicago suburb.

At least six people were killed and 24 were wounded in the shooting. https://apnews.com/article/chicago-july-4-parade-shooting-92b50feb80c19afe7842b9caf08545cb?taid=62c34cb5d6534d0001320d59&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

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